One page pitch

Deaden hikes (anagram for ‘hide and seek’)

Genre: Horror Thriller

Length: 122 minutes (2 minutes opening)

Target audience: 15-24 years old

Audience appeal:

•Young characters- target audience can relate

•Gives teenagers thrills, however not appropriate for children because of the graphic scenes

•Want viewers to question our film as it addresses mental and gender issues

 Tagline: you are your own worst enemy

What if you were close but never noticed the dangers around you? What if you were the victim to your own inner demons? What if? 

The story synopsis: A runner goes for a jog to get rid of last night’s hangover. Meanwhile, in another part of the wood a distressed victim is on their last thread of life calling to anyone nearby. “Please, please, please” but how can you help someone who’s too far gone? When people say live your life like it’s your last, applied to Iyra Marshall on a day basis because she doesn’t remember most of their life. In her last moments she must decide the best way to spend it is to take a life, but who’s?

Statement of intent: We want to convey the issues of mental illness and bring the saying “we are our own worst enemies” to real life. We like the idea that throughout life we are fighting our inner demons and our main character clearly does that, but is not successful in winning against the little voice in her head.

Visual realisation: High contrast in many scenes. We want it to have a dark colour but enough that it doesn’t have a bad camera quality. We don’t want to alter the colour too much but rather make it more defined. It’s going to have an intense atmosphere to it so the audience will be able to feel some realism in it.

Rae Griffiths, Niamh Barrett, Courtney Lynch and Hyleana Anthony